BAU MAGS - Vision and Mission

Vision

Our primary target is to act as a globally leading research center, think-tank, and school that closely follows international developments, relations, especially all the activities related to the seas/oceans (maritime issues, maritime law, sharing of the seas, etc.) and developments in this field. In this context, our vision is also to determine, defend, and develop the rights and interests of Turkey under international law.

 Mission

• Following and evaluating international developments, relations, all the activities related to the seas/oceans (maritime issues, maritime law, sharing of the seas, etc.)
• Publishing daily reports, monthly bulletins, and doing researches in these areas
• Making analyses and evaluations in critical areas such as law, politics, and international relations
• Creating policy documents and thought papers
• Making use of the knowledge and experience of leading academicians, statesmen, and private sector representatives
• Presenting products with the highest academic value by utilizing many national and global resources
• Creating an academic and updated archive on the use of the maritime jurisdictions of countries, laws, and practices in this regard
• Making contributing evaluations and working on relevant legal regulations and practices
• Determining and looking out for the rights and interests of Turkey's in the struggle of sharing the ocean
• Creating common ground to have unity of doctrine regarding maritime law in Turkey
• Ensuring that the national doctrine is used as a reference method in the International Court of Justice and the Court of Arbitration
• Producing internationally reliable sources as a multilingual center
• Preparing research files requested by the state institutions and organizations and the private sector, and providing consultancy services
• Providing training to the participants who are interested and needed in this field thanks to the programs to be organized within the Maritime and Global Strategy School
• Organizing congresses, symposia, panels, seminars, and workshops
• Thanks to our master's and doctorate programs, providing all student candidates to all the professional equipment they need in both theoretical and practical terms and training young academicians and experts
• Addressing sensitive and difficult issues professionally and objectively thanks to think-tank style sessions and the common platform which is going to be created